CR.A/141/2000

NEUTRAL CITATION R/CR.A/141/2000 JUDGMENT DATED: 03/07/2026 2026:GUJHC:40854-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 141 of 2000 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO: Sd/- and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL: Sd/- ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes ========================================================== STATE OF GUJARAT Versus JAGDISH HIRABHAI MALAM ========================================================== Appearance: MR. ROHAN SHAH, APP for the Appellant(s) No. 1 BAILABLE WARRANT SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 NOTICE SERVED for the Opponent(s)/Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P. M. RAVAL Date : 03/07/2026 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE S.V. PINTO) 1. The appeal is filed by the appellant State under Section 378(1)(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the judgement and order of acquittal passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Veraval (hereinafter referred to as “the learned Trial Court”) in Sessions Case No. 240/1